18th Street Arts Center COVID-19 Response

Due to a spike in coronavirus cases in many California counties, including LA, Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered all museums and galleries (along with other indoor venues) to close for at least the next three weeks.

Therefore, 18th Street Arts Center must once again close our doors. Protecting our staff, artists, and visitors are of utmost importance, and we will reopen once it is safe to do so.

In the meantime, we have exciting exhibitions opening online soon, brand-new exhibitions pages for our current shows so you can explore the them online, and we have lots of fantastic new content every week on our 18@Home and Arts Learning Lab @ Home channels.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2018-2019, 18th Street Arts Center is one of the top 20 artist residency programs in the US, and the largest in Southern California. Conceived as a radical think tank in the shape of an artist community, 18th Street supports artists from around the globe to imagine, research, and develop significant, meaningful new artworks and share them with the public to foster radical imagination, empathy, and positive social change.

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Current Artists

Rebecca Youssef, Hand To God, 2018. Acrylic On Paper. 7 X 10 Inches. Courtesy Of The Artist.

Rebecca Youssef
Airport Campus

Maddy LeMel, Dust Cloud, 2006. Metal, Wire, Paper. 45 X 30 X 3 Inches. Photo By Terry Wimmer.

Maddy LeMel
Airport Campus

Crystal Michaelson, Scribble Me A Color Dance No. 3, 2019. Mixed Media On Canvas. 20 X 20 Inches. Courtesy Of The Artist.

Crystal Michaelson
Airport Campus

Events

Upcoming Events

List of Events

LAS HIJAS DE LOS DIAS: 7 Female Views from the Margins

January 27, 2020 - August 7, 2020

Science affirms that we are made out of atoms, but Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano states that we’re also made out of stories. In his book, Los hijos de los días (Children of the Days), he writes one story that reflects…

Yvette Gellis, Sacred Leaves, 2020. Mixed media on paper. Courtesy of the artist.

DRAWING CONNECTIONS

February 10, 2020 - August 7, 2020

Drawing Connections aims to trace the invisible networks between a selection of current artists in residence at 18th Street Arts Center, both from our 18th Street campus and our Airport hangar. The show highlights how artists from different backgrounds and…

Eunice Adorno, Falda Dinamita (Dynamite Skirt) 2019. Mixed Media, 94.5 x 86.6 inches. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Kenji Barrett.

Las Hijas de los Días: Postfeminism in the Diaspora | Conversation and Q&A

July 17, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Las Hijas de los Días: Postfeminism in the Diaspora Conversation and Q&A with Fiamma Montezemolo and Sara Solaimani, Frida Cano (moderator) July 17, 2020 | 1pm Zoom/FB Live 18th Street Arts Center presents a lively dialogue between Fiamma Montezemolo, PhD…